🤯 ADD Runs the Show, Romantic Nightmares: Ex is 💍 & Your 🔥 Date is on a Break | EP 32
🤯 ADD Runs the Show, Romantic Nightmares: Ex is 💍 & Your 🔥 Date is on a Break | EP 32

Mocktails Or Messy

Kelly and Ryan chat openly about mocktails, relationships, domestic violence stories, and self-care, mixing humour with serious reflections. The conversation stays playful yet candid, touching on sobriety shifts, dating ethics and feeling good in your own skin.

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Mocktails Or Messy

Ryan Frankowski

Navigating mocktails with drinkers. Partying many years from graduating from PSU taking part in Penn State Tailgates, then moving to NYC and living ”Work Hard, Play even harder” mentality from Thursday, Friday happy hours to Saturday, Sunday day long brunches some known as the ”weekend warrior” drinker. Now the beach, pool ”Lax Life” of LA with many skinny, spicy margaritas it’s time to take a pause from the booze, however that doesn’t mean the partying will stop. I’m a big advocate in subing for the non-alcoholic mocktails and still being part of the fun, getting in on the action just feeling a bit more mentally clear. I find the social, fun, easy to plan aspect of grabbing drinks the best part. Let's face it getting coffee or matcha just doesn't cut it when it comes to a fun night out. Let’s taste test these new waves of ”Mocktails” even reward winning alcohol removed wines, non-alcohol beers & even liquor alternatives. Also a little secret I will be interviewing drinkers and see if they can be tricked into drinking the non-alcoholic alternative. Will you be a Mocktail OR Messy? Drinking doesn't have to be messy but we still like to get Messy with our interviews real drinks or Mocktails. I decided to take a vowel to take out alcohol OUT of my equation for a year. I'm enjoying it its not easy but my focus on what's in important in my life with no fogginess or Sunday morning hangovers are important. Let's educate, laugh & interview drinkers and non-drinkers over some fancy Mocktails or even real Cocktails for the drinkers that might want to get Messy. Will you be a Mocktail OR Messy? No judgment a little secret I use to in college throw the shot behind my head and my friends thought I was the most drunk but was completely sober. I believe having a Mocktail can have a placebo effect in feeling tipsy.

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Mocktails, Messy Romance and Big Life Shifts on Mocktails Or Messy

Episode Overview

Mocktails and adaptogen drinks can offer a "buzz" and a sense of ritual without relying on alcohol.
Having a partner read your texts can feel fine if there’s no secrecy, but it raises questions about privacy and comfort in relationships.
Being involved with someone who is "on a break" prompts tricky ethical choices about respect for their existing relationship.
Unreported domestic violence can escalate to life-altering outcomes, highlighting how serious threats and abuse really are.
Investing in self-care, like exercise or botox, may help with confidence and mood, alongside physical changes.

“I miss the party rage Ryan Franco... but now the mocktails are getting even more innovative... I'm feeling a little buzz today.”

Curious about how others handle their sobriety journey while life stays gloriously chaotic? This episode of Mocktails Or Messy throws you straight into Kelly Musgorski and Ryan Frankowski’s unfiltered banter about mocktails, relationships, sex, and grown-up drama. You’ll hear Ryan celebrating his new chapter as a real estate sales associate, while admitting he still loves feeling "bad and bougie" with a glass in hand—even if it’s a non-alcoholic aperitif like Katy Perry’s De Soi with lion’s mane and lychee.

Kelly, on the other hand, sips her European Dry Farm Wines and jokes about staying glam without the hangover. The conversation swings from cheeky vibrator talk and texting mishaps (including Kelly’s "that make out was so hot" text that her husband read) to deeper questions about privacy in relationships and whether partners should be checking each other’s phones.

Ryan calls himself "single af" and shares a flirt-heavy meet-up with an interior designer on a relationship break, weighing the ethics of getting involved when someone is "on a pause" with their partner. Things get heavy when Kelly talks about her former friend Tanya, now in prison after killing her boyfriend with a pink revolver, and why unreported domestic violence can escalate into tragedy.

Ryan adds a family story about drug use and threats to show how frightening these situations can be. There’s also talk of body image and self-care: Kelly explains how starting to work out and getting forehead botox made her feel less tired and even emotionally lighter, joking that she "can’t make an angry face anymore." The pair riff on the trend of being "demure" and whether modern women really want to be shy and modest—or just more mindful and intentional.

If you’re into messy honesty about booze breaks, dating complications, and staying hot while healing old wounds, this chat might get you thinking: where’s your line between fun, safety, and self-respect?

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